Romans 4:9

4:9 Is this blessedness ¹  then for ²  the circumcision ³  or also for ⁴  the uncircumcision? For we say, “faith was credited to Abraham as righteousness.” ⁵ 

Romans 4:12-13

4:12 And he is also the father of the circumcised, ⁶  who are not only circumcised, but who also walk in the footsteps of the faith that our father Abraham possessed when he was still uncircumcised. ⁷ 

4:13 For the promise ⁸  to Abraham or to his descendants that he would inherit the world was not fulfilled through the law, but through the righteousness that comes by faith.

Romans 11:1

Israel’s Rejection not Complete nor Final

11:1 So I ask, God has not rejected his people, has he? Absolutely not! For I too am an Israelite, a descendant of Abraham, from the tribe of Benjamin.

[4:9]  ¹ tn Or “happiness.”

[4:9]  ² tn Grk “upon.”

[4:9]  ³ sn See the note on “circumcision” in 2:25.

[4:9]  ⁴ tn Grk “upon.”

[4:9]  ⁵ sn A quotation from Gen 15:6.

[4:12]  ⁶ tn Grk “the father of circumcision.”

[4:12]  ⁷ tn Grk “the ‘in-uncircumcision faith’ of our father Abraham.”

[4:13]  ¹¹ sn Although a singular noun, the promise is collective and does not refer only to Gen 12:7, but as D. Moo (Romans 1-8 [WEC], 279) points out, refers to multiple aspects of the promise to Abraham: multiplied descendants (Gen 12:2), possession of the land (Gen 13:15-17), and his becoming the vehicle of blessing to all people (Gen 12:13).